In the year 1948
346 Notable deaths
Yevgeniy Abalakov
Soviet mountain climber (1907-1948).
Born February 17th, 1907 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died March 24th, 1948 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Kristine Bonnevie
Norwegian biologist and professor (1872-1948).
Born October 8th, 1872 in Trondheim. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1948 at 75 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Frederick Gardner Cottrell
American chemist.
Born January 10th, 1877 in Oakland.
Died November 16th, 1948 at 71 years old in Berkeley.
Avetis Aharonyan
Politician and writer (1866-1948).
Born January 4th, 1866 in Iğdır. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1948 at 82 years old in Marseille.
Edgar de Wahl
Baltic german linguist.
Born August 11th, 1867 in Olviopol.
Died March 9th, 1948 at 80 years old in Tallinn.
Mahmud Fahmi al-Nuqrashi
Egyptian politician (1888-1948).
Born April 26th, 1888 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1948 at 60 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Georg Kulenkampff
German musician.
Born January 23rd, 1898 in Bremen. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1948 at 50 years old in Schaffhausen.
Bevil Rudd
Athletics competitor.
Born October 5th, 1894 in Kimberley.
Died February 2nd, 1948 at 53 years old in Kimberley.
Marcel Brillouin
French mathematician and physicist.
Born December 19th, 1854 in Melle. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1948 at 93 years old in Paris.
Tatsukichi Minobe
Japanese legal scholar.
Born May 7th, 1873 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died May 23rd, 1948 at 75 years old
Deaths 241 to 250 of 346
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler